House Republicans are considering adding tens of billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's request for overseas military operations in an effort to get around tight limits on Pentagon spending. The move comes as Republicans are set to unveil their...

Just under one year ago, RHAM Middle School math teacher Dawn Mallory passed away as a result of injuries sustained in an accident in the parking lot in front of the school. Mallory was walking to the middle school on March 14, 2014, when she was hit by...

WASHINGTON In January, when Speaker John A. Boehner invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress, it caused the type of controversy and media attention normally reserved for a declaration of war, not a speech that's little...

With a convulsive rumble, followed by billowing flames and exhaust, a sleek 60-foot rocket emerged from its silo at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
It was a test of the backbone of the nation's missile defense system. If North Korea or Iran ever...

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday defended the swapping of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners, insisting that the exchange was the "last, best chance" to get him back and did not violate a long-standing U.S. policy against negotiating with terrorists.
Hagel, in the first testimony to Congress on the controversial swap, dismissed Republican complaints that Congress was not informed about the prisoner swap ahead of time, calling it an "extraordinary situation" that required...

The Sunday morning guest list:
Gov. Jay Nixon, D-Mo., will discuss the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown and the Ferguson protests on NBC's "Meet the Press," CBS' "Face the Nation" and CNN's "State of the Union."
Gov. Rick Perry, who was indicted Friday on felony counts of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant, will be a guest on "Fox News Sunday" at 10 a.m. on WOFL-Channel 35. Another guest will be Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. Shannon Bream will be the guest moderator....

The federal government is withholding about $2 billion from transit agencies across California, including $268 million earmarked for bus, rail and street projects at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The money has been held back since December because the U.S. Department of Labor contends that a new state pension law violates the Federal Transit Act in the way it treats unionized workers of transportation agencies.
Labor officials say changes in retirement benefits...